AuthorTopic: UCLA/USC (Read 4151 times)

skotval

It seems as though a lot of people have gotten a full scholarship from Loyola... they must have a lot of money to give! My brother received one too. I haven't heard from them at all yet, which I thought was kind of strange... I applied to 14 schools and I only have 5 left to hear from, 3 of which are in LA... Maybe the mayor has something against me!

BTW - on the Loyola intranet, there is some information about grading...84 (which is the grade needed to maintain the scholarship) is about the top 25-30% of the class (they standardize all grading so that 81 is the mean and the standard deviation is 6)

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jbshane

Applied to 6 Cali schools - all applications went out in November. Got dinged by Stanford and Boalt in late January, but haven't heard anything from UCLA, USC, Hastings or Davis. Hastings and Davis have websites where you can check the status of your application - mine are still "under review" at both schools.

I received my acceptance to USC March 1 - according to applicants on other boards, a lot of acceptances went out February, second wave went out beginning of March. I am waiting to hear about $ though. Still waiting on UCLA too. Of USD, USC and UCLA which would you pick and why? Factor in almost full scholarship at USD and then which would you pick? I haven't had a chance to visit any of them and have to pick where to go (assuming I get in to UCLA, which I might not). Thanks for any info you can offer.

A free ride looks good on paper and you may have specific considerations that tilt you in that direction. But for most folks the employability & salary value of the USC/UCLA degree would outweigh the near-term tuition savings at USD.